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I spent the weekend on Pine Island, helping the in-laws clear their yard.

Hope all who were effected by Ian are doing well. Incredible carnage.

My in-laws’ house did remarkably well, it only needs a new roof and some exterior repairs. Next door neighbor lost their house.

Stay safe.
 
The devastation is staggering. Pleased to learn your in-laws have their house largely intact and they are, as well.

It will be years in recovery effort before things are "normal" again.

Closest friend of fifty years expected to see his house in Cape Haze flooded to the second level. Somehow the surge didn't hit it. Minor damage compared to others around his. Marinas in the area look like wrecking yards.
 
DrEntropy said:
It will be years in recovery effort before things are "normal" again.
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Problem is the major storms hitting every year. It may reach a point where recovery is a lost cause.
 
Before the storm... left-most blue roof house at the top. Marina guys say they are in better shape than a lot of others.

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GregW said:
Problem is the major storms hitting every year. It may reach a point where recovery is a lost cause.
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We've gone three or four years with no big blow. This one was the highest winds in a century, doubt there will be another like it again for as many years. Frequency of "named storms" hasn't increased, what has is development and population density.

Any loss of life is hurtful but even with the ferocity of this storm that has been minimal. Forecasting info and fast responses are to thank for that.
 
DrEntropy said:
Before the storm... left-most blue roof house at the top. Marina guys say they are in better shape than a lot of others.

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We've gone three or four years with no big blow. This one was the highest winds in a century, doubt there will be another like it again for as many years. Frequency of "named storms" hasn't increased, what has is development and population density.

Any loss of life is hurtful but even with the ferocity of this storm that has been minimal. Forecasting info and fast responses are to thank for that.
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Are building codes being revamped to protect potential property damage from future storms?
 
Gliderman8 said:
Are building codes being revamped to protect potential property damage from future storms?
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Happened long ago. Miami as one example. Funny enough, many of the OLD Florida houses and buildings have withstood the onslaught with minimal damage. Mobile homes get tossed about like kites though. And of course a storm surge wreaks havoc with anything in its path, particularly boats .
 
DrEntropy said:
Happened long ago. Miami as one example. Funny enough, many of the OLD Florida houses and buildings have withstood the onslaught with minimal damage. Mobile homes get tossed about like kites though. And of course a storm surge wreaks havoc with anything in its path, particularly boats .
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Yeah, mobile homes have everything going against them in a storm. A box structure that’s perfect as a “sail” for the wind and most have no foundation to speak of to anchor it.
 
I live in a mobile/manufactured but it is quite solidly anchored down to 24x2 foot concrete beams at 4 foot intervals (house is 24 feet wide) that were poured directly onto a limestone shelf with rebar run it an angles to the underlying limestone. They had to drill holes in the ground for the rebar, there was no driving it in with a jackhammer. Big steel cleats were set into the concrete during the pour, and those have 2x2 inch angle iron
welded to them which is also welded to the steel I-beams which constitute the house's frame. The floor isn't going anywhere - the rest of the house could get lifted off with enough force applied, but that floor isn't moving. I also have actual drywall inside - I looked at some that only had thin wood paneling for interior walls (some with wallpaper applied over to make it LOOK like actual walls) - that to me just has "roman candle" written all over it.
 
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